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Why is the Dallas Skyline Purple?

by | Feb 25, 2016
Before we get to the purple skyline, we want to tell you what's been happening at Dallas Innovates since our website launched in December.
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Dallas’ Greatest Resource is its People
by | Feb 24, 2016
From Reunion Tower in Dallas, to AT&T stadium in Arlington, and on to the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, the people of DFW are generating a palpable energy.
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With New Honor, 3 DFW Universities Push Toward Tier One
by | Feb 23, 2016
When the question is, “What’s in a name?” the answer can be unclear if the name is Tier One.
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Dialexa’s Tiny Wheelchair Gives Dog New Lease on Life
by | Feb 22, 2016
The world of 3-D printing has a new, tiny face as a symbol of its myriad applications in innovation, and, well, just helping someone special get around.
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Dallas Drives Global Innovation In Brain Science

by | Feb 16, 2016

The pursuit of lasting brain health is one of the most exciting and urgent challenges facing humanity. Brain health among military service members is being called into question. Advanced reasoning skills in American students are falling behind those of other developed countries. Depression is estimated to cause 200 million lost workdays each year at a cost of $17 to $44 billion to employers....

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McKinney Boyd Engineering Students’ Living Legacy
by | Feb 11, 2016
The living roof project is a solution, providing McKinney Boyd’s engineering club the opportunity for a hands on approach to learning –- one that puts classroom concepts into engaged learning with the community. The project has also given the young scholars exposure to professional engineers and paved inroads to future careers in the STEM fields.
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How Dallas May Give Form to Innovation in Education
by | Feb 10, 2016
Written in 1985, the essays in "Imagining Dallas" evoked images of the city’s formation and evolution, its good ol’ myths as well as possible futures for the ever-aspirational Dallas, Texas. Leaders from a variety of disciplines, including Wick Allison, James Pratt, Robert Sardello, and Dr. Gail Thomas, contributed to the thoughtful book but it is the great educator Dr. Louise Cowan’s chapter that informed my perception of Dallas with a new civic sense of education and responsibility.
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Researcher’s Book Offers New Hope in Cancer Research
by | Feb 9, 2016
We connected with Dr. Theodora Ross, author of A Cancer in the Family, on why she came to DFW, UT Southwestern’s work in cancer genetics, and for her thoughts on how we can battle cancer more effectively.
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Dallas Breakthroughs in Space Medicine and Cardiovascular Health

by | Feb 8, 2016
The collaboration between UT Southwestern Medical Center and NASA began in 1966 with the landmark Bed Rest and Training Study. The study confined five 20 year old men to bed rest for three weeks, followed by eight weeks of physical training.
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North Texas Now Has Three Carnegie Research 1 Institutions
by | Feb 4, 2016
Recent rankings show strong improvement in UNT, UTA, and UTD in research productivity.
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Dr. Bobby Lyle and Dr. Duncan MacFarlane, SMU's first Bobby B. Lyle Centennial Chair in Engineering Entrepreneurship. Photo by Hillsman S. Jackson/SMU.
SMU Announces New Chair in Engineering Entrepreneurship
by | Feb 3, 2016
The announcement is a spark that will light many young entrepreneurs’ dreams for inventing, creating, and starting businesses.
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Every Student in the United States Should Be Learning the Entrepreneurial Mindset
by | Feb 2, 2016
Because the entrepreneurial mindset refers to an individual’s ability to turn ideas into action, and is a key competence for everyone.
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Finding the Innovation Zone

by | Jan 22, 2016
North Texas is home to some of the most important and influential businesses on the globe, the envy of even the most high-tech communities.
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SMU Luminary Awards Celebrate Educational Innovations
by | Jan 21, 2016
The Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University holds its 2016 Simmons Luminary Awards.
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Fixing Our Bilingual Teacher Shortage Crisis
by | Jan 21, 2016
The answer lies in our children.
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Real-World Schooling
by | Jan 19, 2016
My big idea is that we set up internship programs and offer more job readiness classes in high schools throughout Dallas-Fort Worth.
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